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<blockquote data-quote="Rob Timmerman" data-source="post: 51265" data-attributes="member: 172">Re: Cat 6 instead of Cat 5Digital devices tend to be less picky than analog about cable quality, simply due to the far greater amount of error correction that can be performed on a digital signal.&nbsp; The big difference between Cat 5 and Cat 6 is the maximum operating frequency.&nbsp; This is 100 Mhz for Cat 5 and 250 Mhz for Cat 6.&nbsp; In general, higher standard cables (higher numeric categories) can be substituted for lower standard cables with no detrimental effects whatsoever.&nbsp; As your table shows, Cat 6 cabling has better crosstalk and signal attenuation performance than the Cat 5e and the deprecated Cat 5.&nbsp; This is due primarily to a slightly heavier wire gauge (typically 23 AWG vs 24 AWG) and improved twisting of the twisted pairs.&nbsp; Cable capacitance (not shown in your table) is typically slightly lower, leading to improved performance at higher frequencies.&nbsp; Skew is identical across the cable types (and will be impacted more by how the cable is terminated than anything else).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Rob Timmerman, post: 51265, member: 172"] Re: Cat 6 instead of Cat 5 Digital devices tend to be less picky than analog about cable quality, simply due to the far greater amount of error correction that can be performed on a digital signal. The big difference between Cat 5 and Cat 6 is the maximum operating frequency. This is 100 Mhz for Cat 5 and 250 Mhz for Cat 6. In general, higher standard cables (higher numeric categories) can be substituted for lower standard cables with no detrimental effects whatsoever. As your table shows, Cat 6 cabling has better crosstalk and signal attenuation performance than the Cat 5e and the deprecated Cat 5. This is due primarily to a slightly heavier wire gauge (typically 23 AWG vs 24 AWG) and improved twisting of the twisted pairs. Cable capacitance (not shown in your table) is typically slightly lower, leading to improved performance at higher frequencies. Skew is identical across the cable types (and will be impacted more by how the cable is terminated than anything else). [/QUOTE]

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